Business & Finance: Strange Doings at Aniline

Five key executives of General Aniline & Film Corp. were fired without
warning last weeknot by the company, but by the U.S. Treasury. Despite
the company's recent attempts to Americanize* itself (TIME, Nov. 10),
the Treasury has had 50 agents inside the place for a month, fingering
their figurative triggers. Last week they could wait no longer.

The five executives were all German-born, U.S.-naturalized. Not only
were they fired, but their funds were frozen, they were barred from
company premises and forbidden to communicate with their ex-employes.
The five: Rudolph Hutz, $80,000-a-year vice president & director;Vice Presidents
Hans Aickelin and William...